228 EPILOBIUM DURIEI J. GAY, A NEW(?) ENGLISH PLANT. 
to the full description of #. Duriai by Haussknecht (Kpilobium, 
p. 95), it Spates to be a ‘‘photograph”’ of the right-hand specimen 
of Durieu n. 343, but not to cover the left-hand specimen nor much 
of J. Gay's s materi 
I pa devoted several days to digging E. montanum (in the 
nse) this year, before expressing any Opinion as to the 
validity “of Haussknecht’s age ; his varieties and hybrids are 
altogether bepond me. I e found a very great variety in the 
ons ) et th 
They are naa so easily detachable that, unless the plant is dug 
up with great care, they are all left behind. ag may explain why 
no author mentions the Where E. montanum grows in ditches 
full of leaves in woods, I found the loose leaf. pan ka full. of these 
detached new plants, even in August. 
In order to keep this note within moderate compass, I have not 
brought into discussion some closely-allied forms, as EF. collinum 
Gmel.; this in its branched habit Fe leaves differs (as to the Kew 
bundle) a good deal; but Haussknecht has marked John Stuart 
me E. Duriai (gathered by ea on Mont Dore) as F. collinum 
his mple has the simple short stem, the persistent 
Pathe ian ae Sees (oboles) exactly asin J. Gay's HE. 
Duriai ; the plants are young, so that Haussknecht could not have 
tried a seed. In fine, whether E. Durigi and E. collinum are 
species, or only piles it appears to me that 7 S. Mill -was right 
I am indebted to Mr. N. E. Brown for making the drawings on 
Plate 307 to illustrate the points in ibis paper. I have so great 
trust in rown’s acuteness for discriminating small differences, 
that I feel much strengthened in my views when he finds F. Duriai 
of J. Gay undistinguishable from my Hampshire EF. Duriai 
Descurption or Piate 307.—Fig. 1. Epilobium Duriai J.Gay, viz., Durieu 
n. 343, from Puerto de Leitariegos, 17th July, 1835; left-hand ‘cample, nat. 
size, base and summit of stem: the middle piece of stem omitted is 2 in., with 
Andover, 15th Taly ia, the base of stem, leaves, 
z "Durlal, r is exceedingly lik 
riot (Haussknecht’s {yPe), and c i i ges 
monta e three plants grew toge 
